Movies, Comedy cds,( old ones, Don Rickles, Norm Crosby), Philosophy (like UFO's and Bigfoot. That's philosophy isn't it?) Comedy films and tv shows. Seeing character actors at the Radio Shack, Art (Coop, classic artists, poster artists, recent naive art), Dave Cooper paintings, some lowbrow art, weird cartoons. Odd societal tweaks like cults, paranoid conspiracy theorists etc. Are you in a cult? How do you know? I have a big Phillip K. Dick, beat up paperback collection. Well, I think it's big. Rock music (I'm a neophyte but dig Black Label Society). Did I mention comedy? I collect everything from toys to comedy memorabilia and lenticulars. I'm an artist, do portraits of famous people that no one would ever paint. Currently working on a George Kennedy painting in my mind.
Music
Black Label Society, Tool, Elliott Smith, William Shatner and Ben Folds, Sean Lennon, Linkin Park, Eminem, Evanescence, The Finn Brothers, XTC.
Movies
Anchorman, Ray, Team America, Groundhog Day, Stripes, Waking Life, Wings of Desire, Life of Brian, Sherman's March, Gap-Toothed Women, Animal House, Lost in Translation, You Can Count On Me, The Royal Tennenbaums, Rushmore, Say Anything, Brazil, Blade Runner, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, The Fifth Element (for the effects and Mila Jovovich), Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Altered States, Superman 1, Spiderman 1 and 2, Time Bandits, Play It Again Sam, Sleeper, Annie Hall, Stardust Memories, Carnal Knowledge, American Werewolf in London, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, John Carpenter's
Television
Every night I pray for Tivo to enter my life and record these shows. Ali G, The Daily Show (John Stewart rules!), The Chappelle Show, Monty Python, I'm Alan Partridge, Strangers With Candy, The Office, The Fast Show (now called
Books
Radio Free Albemuth by Phillip K. Dick, Love is a Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski, The Seven Mysteries of Life by Guy Murchie (still reading that one), The Secret Life of Plants (Plants do feel and if you yell at them enough they will scream back at you.)The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle (keep putting off reading it until later), Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards (changed my paintings dramatically. Made them more precise.), Everything in The World and Boys and Girls by Lynda Barry, all Kliban cartoon books, and a couple of collections of Buddy Hickerson's The Quigmans cartoons. I have coffee table sized art books a plenty. Graphic Novels- Supreme and Miracleman by Alan Moore, Sin City and Y, the Last Man On Earth.
Heroes
Professional heroes: Woody Allen, Steve Martin, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, Jonathan Winters, Bill Cosby, Michael Palin, Steve Coogan, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Richard Pryor, Mel Brooks, Chris Rock, John Stewart, Conan O'Brien, Picasso, Robert Smigel, Martin Scorcese, Jules Feiffer, Robert DeNiro, Orson Welles, Mike Nichols, Jack Kirby, Leonardo Da Vinci, John Belushi, Paddy Chayefsky, Mike Judge, Matt Groenig, Buddy Hickerson, Lynda Barry, Amy Sedaris, Catherine O'Hara, Anthony Robbins, Andy Merrill, The guys in They Might Be Giants, Jack Nicholson, William Shatner, Zakk Wylde, John Lennon, The Beatles, Joel Hodgson, Martin Short.
About me: A complex man, A large building that people rent out space in. I'm a cancer which means I'm sensitive and good in bed, if you don't mind all the crying,
Sometimes while you're talking, I'm seeing your very soul and thinking, "Man, what a hot soul!"
I'm always thinking at a clip and running at full speed,.. and that's while I'm in my car.
I'm a "creative". Creativity is what I'm about. I love to laugh and make you laugh. If you can't make me laugh I'll still like you, but I'll probably make you do things like clean my house for me.
I'm into showbiz, art and fun. There's an edge to me. Some people think I'm crazy. They're just projecting.
I like to think of me as someone who says things that people are thinking but not saying and hopefully in a way that makes them laugh. But I'd rather you think of me. Thinking of myself too much makes me nauseous. I'd rather think about you. In fact, we're fine if neither of us are thinking about you or me.
Let's just hang out and have fun.
I dig your creativity and encourage it and I don't like okra.
Be smart, challenging, funny and self confident and we'll most surely get along.
Man, I really missed you guys yesterday, both of you are really good people. I really enjoyed working with you guys,thanks for everything! Really You guys Rock!!!!!
When I get my business cards made, they are now going to have the following header (thanks to you, of course): "Linz, The Girl Bonno Picked Up By the Ass Crack. "
I had an interesting (frightening??) image/vision the other night, wherein you wore a blond wig with pigtails whilst dancing down the streets of New York, singing "99 Luftballons"...
Clearly, having way too much time to think while listening to cheesy 80's music - being both exhausted and hyped up on too much hot chocolate - does not do good things to one's psyche.
Hey Chris, Saw you at the Improv in Addison, Texas a couple of weeks ago. You are fantastic!! I loved getting to see you. I asked you about playing guitar and told that I'm trying to teach myself.
I didn't know you did art as well as playing the guitar. That's amazing. Major art person myself.
Anyways, loved getting to see you perform and keep having fun.
Thanks for adding me! Great job on Sunday night - you're very talented. I love the interpretations of the 3 Texas cities - I used to live in Houston and now I live in Dallas and what you said about them is so true :) I can't wait to see you again next time you're in town!
